Ph D student: Drs. Marjolein van Herten, faculteit cultuurwetenschappen, [email protected]
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Learning communities, informal learning and the humanities: An empirical study on book discussion groups Ph D student: Drs. Marjolein van Herten, faculteit cultuurwetenschappen, [email protected] Supervisors: Dr. Lizet Duyvendak (OU), Prof. dr. Jaap van Marle (OU), Prof. dr. Paul Kirschner (OU), Prof. dr. Dick Schram (VU), Prof. dr. Frank Huysmans (UvA, SCP) Length of the project: 4 years (1 January 2008 – 31 December 2011) Context 1. NeLLL Program line 3: Professional and personal development 2. Humanities have a long tradition of informal learning through learning communities 3. Book discussion groups are such learning communities where informal learning takes place Research questions 1. What are the characteristics of present book discussion groups in the Netherlands? 2. What are the characteristics of the learning results in these groups? 3. How can connections be made between the different characteristics of the book discussion group and the different characteristics of the group’s learning results? 4. Which of these differences significantly influence the learning results? Various methods 1. General survey among book groups 2. Visiting book groups: • Observing book discussions • Interviewing participants Intended output 1. Dissertation (in English) 2. Conference presentations 3. Scientific and non scientific publications
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Learning communities, informal learning and the humanities:
An empirical study on book discussion groups
Ph D student: Drs. Marjolein van Herten, faculteit cultuurwetenschappen, [email protected]: Dr. Lizet Duyvendak (OU), Prof. dr. Jaap van Marle (OU), Prof. dr. Paul Kirschner (OU), Prof. dr. Dick Schram (VU), Prof. dr. Frank
Huysmans (UvA, SCP)Length of the project: 4 years (1 January 2008 – 31 December 2011)
Context1. NeLLL Program line 3: Professional and personal development2. Humanities have a long tradition of informal learning through learning communities3. Book discussion groups are such learning communities where informal learning takes place
Research questions1. What are the characteristics of present book discussion groups in the Netherlands?2. What are the characteristics of the learning results in these groups?3. How can connections be made between the different characteristics of the book discussion group and the
different characteristics of the group’s learning results?4. Which of these differences significantly influence the learning results?
Various methods1. General survey among book groups2. Visiting book groups:
• Observing book discussions• Interviewing participants
Intended output1. Dissertation (in English)2. Conference presentations3. Scientific and non scientific publications
